Now ten-years young, we decided to take Scylla in for a full senior screening. The works. One of the things they offered was an allergy screening. Scylla eats anything with gusto, and has never had a reaction, BUT we have noticed she licks herself a lot and she gets itchy spots easily. Maybe it was a food allergy. So we went for the screening.

Obviously none of these are too big a deal, because she eats almost all of them in her raw patties and kibble. Of course I'm going to go through her food and make sure I avoid these ingredients from now on.

But peanuts??? she loves peanut butter. she loves it!

I'm trying to think of what I can give her as a substitute. Can dogs have almond butter? Is there another cheap, accessible, pasty product I can try? She gets kong-filler (liver paste in a can), but I feel like that's so salty and full of preservatives. I've never had a dog with an allergy before (to my knowledge... now i realize how sneaky allergies can be!)

What about canned pumpkin? Probably not an everyday item, but every once in a while. Trooper has the hershey squirts (started in the middle of last night) and I've giving him pumpkin in his Kong-he loves it.